Welcome to Mono Tapes! We are a small cassette label run out of "Vancouver" by Selina Crammond and Gal Av-Gay! We mostly plan on releasing our own stuff :) Hope you enjoy <3
Welcoming Bananahaus!!
August 4th 2025
We are sooo excited to announce the upcoming release of our favourite local geniuses bananahaus.
Conceived during quarantine's extended hibernation, bananahaus, once those infected gates came unbarred, emerged from their musty basement to find a warm welcome in Vancouver's post-punk nerd-freak scene.
Expect over-caffeinated riffs, meticulous arrangements, and silly melodic shenanigans. Their Deerhoof-worship they wear openly, though listen closely and you may hear the ghost-notes of such numinous weirdos as Pere Ubu, Captain Beefheart, and The Raincoats.
On their first record, "welcome to the bananahaus," Tracey's lyrical ruminations featured observations of life around the haus, filtered through wordplay and absurdist humour. "grounders," their sophomore offering, uses similar techniques to explore the terrifying, feral, unhinged world of elementary school.
Times change, people move hauses, new collaborations blossom; bananahaus is no exception to such rules. Though they may no longer be hausmates, they're still totally bananas.
Check out the first single BLACK HOLE from their sophomore album Grounders. Watch the music video here!
The full album will be released on September 12 followed by a tape release party at The Cobalt in Vancouver on September 13.
Happy listening freaks!
Selina and Gal
Small Update from yours truly
May 27 2025
Hello dearest readers of this website
Due to it selling out so fast, we are doing a second run of Midnight News' "Bad New Days", now in a slightly different color.
When updating our store, we also realized that the YESTERDAY'S MAN tape was listed as "Sold Out"! This is not the case... you can buy it here...
anyway, stay tuned for the DEMPS tape which is ON ITS WAY and will now be released June 16.
take care and love y'all,
Selina and Gal
DEMPS + Franco Rossino #1
March 20th 2025
Hello friends!
Some of you will be enthralled to see that we will be expanding beyond our own projects...
To start this off we're SO excited to announce that we will be putting out DEMPS first EP in May. For those of you who don't know, DEMPS is a bit of a legend around these parts, and by that we mean across north america. Stay tuned for more!
OTHERWISE tomorrow is an extra auspicious day as it is both the birthday of our very own Franco Rossino as well as the release date of Franco Rossino #1! check it out on bandcamp and whereever you stream your music <3
take care and keep supporting your friends and loved ones,
Selina and Gal
Some Announcements!
February 20th 2025
Hello friends- and belated Happy New Years from Mono Tapes!
Today Franco Rossino of Mono Tapes has released their first single on streaming services and bandcamp.
This single will be part of the first album in a three album series, which will all be compiled onto two tapes later this year! The artwork is by Edden Av-Gay.
take care and be good to one another,
Selina and Gal
Yesterday's Man
November 28th 2024
We want to send a sincere thank you to everyone who came to the Midnight News tape release, it warms our hearts to recieve so much support from our community. The first run of 'Bad New Days' is currently sold out, but check here for updates <3
Also, we'd like to apologize to those of you who have been waiting for an order - let us hope that the canadian posties on strike achieve their goals and reach a deal soon.
In other news, we have released the first single from Yesterday's Man's upcoming self titled album . Check it out on Bandcamp or whereever you stream your music.
We're going to roll this one out gradually over the holidays, so stay tuned to this website or the mono tapes instagram for updates.
Head over to our store to pre-order the new tape now!
Here are links to spotify and bandcamp
with love,
Selina and Gal
Midnight News - Bad New Days
November 1st 2024
Hope everyone had a very spooky Hallowe'en!
We've got a couple of big announcements, for one, we've released the first single from Midnight News's upcoming album - "Bad New Days". Check it out on Bandcamp or whereever you stream your music.
Secondly, there will be a release show for the full album on cassette / digital on November 8th at greenautomusic in Vancouver!
Head over to our store to pre-order the new tape now!
Here are links to the release show and bandcamp
with love,
Selina and Gal
Roswit - Eternal Living
September 26, 2024
It’s a pleasure to announce a single from Roswit’s debut album Eternal Living!
We will be releasing the full album on cassette / digital on October 4 —> Same day as their release show at greenautomusic in Vancouver!
Head over to our store to pre-order now :)
Here are links to the release show and bandcamp
with love,
Selina and Gal
It's Official
September 10, 2024
We're excited to announce that our tape label has officially become official!
After some technical trials and tribulations with our (stereo) tape duplicator, we have overcome obstacles and are most delighted to share with you our very first batch of tape releases!!
Please see our store for a limited re-release of three DUMB tapes: Beach Church, Mustang Law, and $5 or Free. All tapes were originally released in 2016 and quickly sold out!! Get your copy on cassette tape while they last!!!
Stay tuned for our next release coming up soon…. Roswit’s debut album Eternal Living!
much love,
Selina and Gal
Starting a Tape Label
July 16, 2024
We are finally doing it, starting the tape label we dreamed of years ago. Selina hatched the idea and I hopped on enthusiastically. Selina had access to a mono duplicator, before I was miraculously gifted a stereo one, hence the name. Watch this space for brand new releases from our bands Midnight News, Yesterday's Man, and Roswit, as well as a re-release of three tapes from my old band "Dumb". Shoutout to the amazing Marita for designing our beautiful snail logo, and to our amazing partners and friends for supporting us!
love,
Gal
